It probably won't happen, but this is a good reason for the Sox to decrease their parking costs.

I'm not really sure why as there doesn't appear to be much, if any, loss in CTA service to the park, though, if this causes an increase in demand for parking, then basic econ would tell you the Sox would be wiser to increase their rates, not that I expect them to do that.

I'm not really sure why as there doesn't appear to be much, if any, loss in CTA service to the park, though, if this causes an increase in demand for parking, then basic econ would tell you the Sox would be wiser to increase their rates, not that I expect them to do that.

Yes, but no chance people go out of their way to work around this problem. They'll say "this is too complicated now; **** it."

No, when the Dan Ryan branch was built it was part of the Green Line, with trains running from 95th to Harlem in Oak Park via the Loop, whereas the North Side Red Line was paired with the Englewood/Jackson Park forks. They didn't switch them until they built the connection from the State Street Subway to the Dan Ryan branch in the early 90s when they built the elevated Roosevelt station.

CTA didn't start calling the lines by colors until 1993, when they realigned the through routes. So saying the Dan Ryan line was originally part of the Green Line is incorrect or at least misleading. When the Dan Ryan line opened it was part of the West-South route (Lake-Dan Ryan) while the North-South route was Howard-Englewood/Jackson Park:

The system map color-coded the lines in 1985 (http://www.chicago-l.org/maps/route/maps/1985map.jpg) but the routes weren't called by those colors; in fact, green was generally the color used for "B" stop station signage from 1969 (when the Dan Ryan line went into revenue service) until 1995 (when all skip stops were eliminated). Red was the "A" stop sign color and blue was used for "A/B" stops.

CTA didn't start calling the lines by colors until 1993, when they realigned the through routes. So saying the Dan Ryan line was originally part of the Green Line is incorrect or at least misleading. When the Dan Ryan line opened it was part of the West-South route (Lake-Dan Ryan) while the North-South route was Howard-Englewood/Jackson Park:

The system map color-coded the lines in 1985 (http://www.chicago-l.org/maps/route/maps/1985map.jpg) but the routes weren't called by those colors; in fact, green was generally the color used for "B" stop station signage from 1969 (when the Dan Ryan line went into revenue service) until 1995 (when all skip stops were eliminated). Red was the "A" stop sign color and blue was used for "A/B" stops.

Yeah, I know, I just figured it'd be easier to not have to explain all that, too.

IMHO the CTA really "buried the lead" in its online explanation. The fact that the Red Line will still run, albeit on the Green Line tracks between Roosevelt and Ashland/63rd, is huge. Unfortunately, the CTA explanation doesn't address that until well down the page, and even then doesn't really highlight it.

That means no changing trains from the Red Line to the Green Line going to or from games. For Sox fans, the change really just means having to walk three additional blocks to and from The Cell. The closures of the tracks will really stink for those who use the closed stations daily, but it shouldn't be a big deal for Sox fans.